EU, China to sign an agreement on geographic indications - France's Macron

By Reuters • last updated: 09/12/2019

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the Global Forum on Artificial Intelligence for Humanity (GFAIH) at the Institut de France in Paris, France October 30, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS - Copyright POOL(Reuters)

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The European Union and China will sign in Beijing an agreement about protected geographic indications, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday in Shanghai.

Macron was speaking at a meeting with French and German companies in Shanghai.

Geographic indications are locally made products protected by EU’s law.

(Reporting by Marine Pennetier; Writing by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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